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£9000 fees a year - appalling!
Union of UEA Students opposes the rise in tuition fees to £9000.
Earlier today, the Government announced plans to triple the fee cap for University students to £9,000 a year. As well as this, they plan to introduce a real rate of interest on student loans.
The Union firmly believes in free education, and oppose such plans to freeze a generation out of higher education.
Earlier today the Union rallied two mini buses full of Norwich South constituents and went to Simon Wright’s, MP for Norwich South, Office.
There, the Union delivered over a thousand postcards, all signed by Norwich South voters, reminding Simon of his pledge and vow to “vote against a rise in tuition fees.”
Tom Dolton, Communications Officer at the Union said:
“The students and voters of Norwich South backed Simon because he supported the pledge, if he withdraws his support I am in no doubt that the students and voters will take their vote back.”
The Union will be taking students to the NUS National Demo against education cuts next Wednesday- we’ve already got 250 students coming, and you can book your seat on the coach for £5 at the Union Box Office.